X-ray abdomen 1 view at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$30.40 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $740.85 with Unicare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $30.40
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $30.40
United STARPerinate $30.40
Amerigroup CHIP $30.40
United STARPLUS $30.40
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $30.40
United STARKids $30.40
United STAR $30.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.40
United CHIP $30.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $31.92
Healthspring Life MCD $31.92
Aetna Better Health CHIP $32.83
Aetna Better Health MCD $32.83
Molina MCDSTAR $33.44
Molina CHIP $33.44
Molina STAR+PLUS $33.44
Molina STARKIDS $33.44
Humana MGMCD $38.00
Aetna NewBusiness $49.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.86
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.86
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.86
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.86
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.86
Aetna Meritain $52.60
Aetna COMM $52.60
Aetna OON $62.26
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $85.65
Cigna NewBusiness $85.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.72
Cigna NetworkBenefit $95.72
Cigna HMO $95.72
Cigna IFP $100.01
Cigna QHP $103.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna AllOther $121.06
United OptionsPPO $135.58
Unicare CHIP $162.99
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $181.51
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Evry Health COMM $191.14
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $250.41
Curative Administrators COMM $296.34
BCBS Traditional $306.71
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
United GlobalBenefitPlan $333.38
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $333.38
City of McKinney COMM $333.38
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $363.02
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $370.43
Aetna ASA $374.13
Cigna Lifesource COMM $392.65
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $407.47
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $407.47
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $407.47
Aetna WCOMP $407.47
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $424.51
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $424.51
Averde Health, Inc PPO $429.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $496.37
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $518.60
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $518.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $526.00
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $555.64
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $555.64
USA Managed Care COMM $592.68
USC Health Services COMM $592.68
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $629.72
Optum Transplant COMM $637.13
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $740.85
Independent Medical Systems COMM $740.85
Unicare MCD $740.85

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X-ray abdomen 1 view at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $493.50 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.75 $74.25 – $541.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $367.60 $30.40 – $459.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $360.75 $32.53 – $541.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $360.75 $30.40 – $541.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $367.60 $30.40 – $551.40

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